Post Portfolio ActivitiesBelow are possible project assignment​s you can choose from for your of each text. After reading your assigned text, choose five possible options to complete. Once you have the five completed, compile a portfolio in a folder, book or envelope and turn in on assigned date for each marking period. These projects will be in marking periods one through three. Keep in mind there are seven possible texts to read but you will only be required to read three. Consider which four or five may interest you the most, because due to the numbers of materials, you may not always get your first choice.When completing the projects in your portfolio, please label the number of the options you are choosing! Make sure you complete all of the written activities in MLA format. Please be sure to include one with any sources you documented at the time. All written assignments should be typed and if your choices require additional articles or papers do not forget to attach them! Each project is worth 20 points a piece for a total of 100 points for your portfolio! Good luck!
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Be punctual! Turn in your projects on time!
Use the text in your analysis to SHOW that you have READ it. Do not speak in generalities, but rather be as specific as possible and provide EVIDENCE from the material you are using. Support yourself with quotes, paraphrasing and summarizing... this may require you to do some note taking as you read. Show me that you took this seriously!
Be creative and think outside of the box. When evaluating or creating a work of art (for example) do not look for pictures of "Alice" or copy the cover from "The Dubliners" rather look for pieces of art, songs, and poetry that RELATE to the text but aren't necessarily a direct copy or reference to the text. Be creative!
Substantiate your points! For every assumption you make about a character or event, BACK IT UP with references to the text or to another resource! Show your reading skills and hone your analytical abilities!
Remember: BE ORIGINAL! Try not to use art or songs that directly depict what is happening in the text i.e. The Who's "Jekyll and Hyde" or Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" also Disney caricatures of Alice characters. The reason for this is that you need to make the analytical connections between similiarities you find between the text and the medium to be explored. A song like "Jekyll and Hyde" already has blatant connections to the book that do not need to be analyzed by you. Try finding original ideas that you can compare! Make a connection of your own using possible unlikely links! Go out on a limb! Use your personal interests to make connections to the texts.
To receive full credit, you should be sure to cite through each one of your projects! By creating a link of your chosen material to the original text you are studying, be sure to utilize parenthetical documentation and organize quotes, paraphrase and summary throughout your projects regarding the original text to any medium you choose to compare... you must do this in order to ensure the possibility for the best grade possible!
If you need help creating proper MLA citations, visit www.easybib.com and plug in pertinent information to ensure your citations are correct.
You must properly cite all texts, articles, lyrics, and artwork on a Works Cited page that should accompany each project collection!
Find a newspaper article (current or historic) that relates to your assigned reading text in some way. Attach it and provide a summary analysis of how it relates to a topic in the text including quotation or summary from the book that supports its relationship with quoted material from the article. Provide a works cited citation as to where you found your article. Analysis must be one typed page as a minimum
Find a work of art (online or in a book), that relates to the text you read in some way, site it and provide it in your portfolio. Analyze details in the picture and relate them to elements that you believe are similiar in the story. Avoid sites with fan art, tumblr, and deviant art for this project. Consider real artistic pieces like paintings, drawings and sculpture and create a connection! Compare the two mediums in at least a one page composition utilizing details from the text with contributions to the works cited.
Find a poem or song that relates to a character or part of the text you read. Provide the lyrics of each and cite the author (or musician). Analyze the lyrics of either and provide how that analysis relates to the text you read, again use comparative citations for each piece. Remember, you are creating a relationship between the two pieces, so you find the commonalities! Minimum is one page typed and an entry on your Works Cited.
Research the time period of your book/author. Provide a one page analysis of the influence of the importance of "class structures" on society at that time. How does this affect the setting and characters of your book? Use citations from your text as well as quotes from your source from your research. Turn in one page and a works cited entry.
Provide your perspective on a character in the text that you choose. How is that character treated by others? How is he/she defined by the author? What are his/her personality traits? What do you think the author's opinion on him/her? Provide a one page typed answer (use quotations from the book to solidify your points!) and don't forget to document on the Works Cited!
Write a poem about an incident in the text. Do NOT summarize the text as a whole but rather isolate one particular incident within the text. Your poem can take any form (free verse, sonnet, etc...). Your poem must be a typed and double spaced 15 line minimum.
Ensure the validity of one of the items, places or references in the text by doing some research on them. Identify the concept you wish to analyze, state where it is in the book, interpret the context it is used in then allow for your source to help you word your findings. What was it really used for? What did it mean to the culture? Is it a stepping stone for something we still possess today? Why was it so meaningful to the culture? This analysis should be at least one typed page along with a works cited area noting your research.
Consider the topic of censorship with regards to your novel. How could it have been controversial in its time of release? For some novels, how were they actually considered controversial? Provide evidence in the form of research to show how the public or government interpreted this work. What did they or the author do to change it? Could it still be seen as controversial today? Why or why not? What right does an author have to free speech? Consider research and the previous questions in the minimum of a one page response. Be sure to add your source to your Works Cited page.
Provide an outlook of how the story could be modernized for our current culture. Keep the same theme but how would this work in today's society? Consider how Jekyll and Hyde could work with today's modern scientific theories or think about "A Mother" as comparative to an interview on Dance Moms. You can be humorous here! However, make sure your concepts are relevant! Make sure your summary is at least five typed paragraphs.
Create a work of art that pertains to the text you read. This can be in any medium. What is the inspiration for this creation? What is it supposed to symbolize? On the back of your piece or with an attached notecard (depending on the medium) answer these two questions with support from the text along with your creation. Again the idea is originality! A blatant copy of something or redoing a Disney animation sketch is not that helpful!
Create a Glogster page or other medium like powerpoint, Prezzi or Sliderocket presentation,on a theme you found to be profound within your text. Simply go to the Glogster link on the helpful links page and ask me for your login name in order to complete. Truly contemplate an appropriate theme for your reading and to create a successful glog, I suggest these mandatory numbers: 10 pictures, 4 famous quotes dealing with your theme, 4 properly cited quotes from the text relating to your theme, 1 song lyric, and you should link up to 2 websites that deal with your topic somewhere on your page.
Consider the element of privacy for any character from any text. Identify the character and evaluate how private or public is the life of this person? How does the society depicted in his or her text complicate his or her life specifically? How does society aid this character? What does the society mean to its individuals? Are they happy or struggling? Consider how your societal environment has helped (or hurt) the evolution of your character and apply that idea to the character of study. Optional research opportunity here! Minimum of five typed paragraphs.
Consider one of the more minor characters in the text and analyze his or her probable points of view. Although not the main character, these folks could be of significant value when it comes to the importance of plot and theme. Look at the protagonist from one of their perspectives, consider utilizing specific textual references and their circumstances to provide perspective on the events of the text.
Read a literary criticism of your text and critique it! There are quite a few volumes of literary criticism in the library that deal with many of the the texts you have read and you can also find these works online. Feel free to utilize citations from a literary critical essay as you see fit. Make sure these are SCHOLARLY critiques, not assignments from your peers
REMEMBER: These projects, first and foremost, are survey pieces for your ENGLISH class. The goal is strong writing, proving your ideas with sound material from the text and proofreading your ideas to make the best possible sense!
HERE ARE SOME TIMES!
REMEMBER: These projects, first and foremost, are survey pieces for your ENGLISH class. The goal is strong writing, proving your ideas with sound material from the text and proofreading your ideas to make the best possible sense!